Dr. Culley Carson provides a state-of-the-art review of clinical issues surrounding erectile dysfunction. Top experts in the field, like Dr. Laurence Levine and Dr. Alan Seftel, contribute reviews on peyronie's disease and epidemiology and risk factors, respectively. A practical approach is given, with articles on doppler blood flow analysis, comparison of established agents with newer phosphodiesterase medications, penile rehabilitation after prostate cancer, and treatment of erectile dysfunction and depression.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common problem and the source of considerable morbidity, both for individuals and within relationships. With more and more individuals demanding access to the simple, effective treatments that are now available, healthcare professionals must be able to offer the confident and confidential support and advice they require. This fourth edition of 'Fast Facts: Erectile Dysfunction' provides an in-depth review of the overall management of ED and is an invaluable source of information for specialist nurses, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians and all healthcare professionals who are likely to encounter men with this condition. • Succinct but comprehensive, expert advice on the underlying causes of ED • A detailed approach to diagnosis, including questions to ask the patient and the sexual health inventory for men • A thorough review of all possible treatment options • Simple, effective illustrations that support key clinical information • New chapter on ejaculatory dysfunction Contents: • Epidemiology and pathophysiology • Diagnosis and therapeutic options • Pharmacological treatment • Vacuum devices • Surgical treatment • Associated medical conditions • Ejaculatory dysfunction • Useful resources
Management of Erectile Dysfunction in Clinical Practice is a short guide to erectile dysfunction (ED) and its management covering normal function and dysfunction, assessment, treatment options and interventions. ED is a symptom, not a disease and will have underlying causes such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, chronic renal impairment, chronic arthritis, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis. This book will be an essential reference for family practitioners and residents in urology.
Contained within this short volume are some of the Key Clinical Trials relating to the medical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). In an attempt to understand the potential significance, a critique of the studies’ strengths and weaknesses is included as well as a diagrammatic summary of the trial design and key results. Most of the studies have appeared in peer group reviewed journals and each trial included has been done so on the basis of the influence it will have on the treatment of ED. With the recent launch and continuing developments of new drugs in this field, the management of ED has become an increasingly important aspect of urological practice. It is estimated that over 20 million men in Europe alone suffer at some time in their life from ED. This is the first book to bring together in a single volume a critical review of all the major trials in ED. It will be an essential reference for both clinicians and research workers in urology, sexual dysfunction and related disorders.
In the late 1990s, the man who suffers from erectile dysfunction is increasingly likely to seek the help of his family physician. This clinical guide helps doctors choose the most appropriate treatment from among a rapidly expanding number of therapeutic advances, and points the way towards an improved quality of life for the many sufferers and their partners. Included is an update of the latest developments in the field of erectile dysfunction, and an outline of the current state of the art in the management of the condition.
This volume represents a critical appraisal of the major clinical trials that have had a significant impact on clinical research and practice in ED during the last decade. The trials discussed follow a strict format, starting with reference to the original source of publication, details on the key investigators and their methods of research. The strengths and weaknesses of each trial are discussed as well as their influence on clinical practice. This is complemented by a diagrammatic summary of the trial design and the key findings of each trial.
Designed to help physicians improve the dialog between themselves, their patients, and other healthcare provides involved in issues relating to male sexual health.
Past and present, love and loss intertwine in a magical mountain hollow. Holderfield's love of place shines in his sensitive descriptions while his storytelling enthralls the reader." --Vicki Lane, author of And the Crows Took Their Eyes Caroline McAlister, college professor and life-long skeptic, is reeling from the loss of her father and her marriage. Her once promising career has come to a standstill. When her father bequeaths the family cabin to her, it comes with a ghost who haunted her childhood. When she discovers a century-old journal in the attic, she awakens the voice of Carson Quinn. The journal reveals Carson's love for the same hollow that enthralled Caroline growing up. A little sleuthing uncovers rumors that the kind, curious boy in the journal grew up to murder his brother. Caroline plunges into the project of exonerating Carson, only to find herself in the throes of a personal past she's spent her life trying to avoid. Hemlock Hollow is about how we forever haunt the places we love and how they haunt us in return.
Dr. Culley Carson provides a state-of-the-art review of clinical issues surrounding erectile dysfunction. Top experts in the field, like Dr. Laurence Levine and Dr. Alan Seftel, contribute reviews on peyronie's disease and epidemiology and risk factors, respectively. A practical approach is given, with articles on doppler blood flow analysis, comparison of established agents with newer phosphodiesterase medications, penile rehabilitation after prostate cancer, and treatment of erectile dysfunction and depression.
Management of Erectile Dysfunction in Clinical Practice is a short guide to erectile dysfunction (ED) and its management covering normal function and dysfunction, assessment, treatment options and interventions. ED is a symptom, not a disease and will have underlying causes such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, chronic renal impairment, chronic arthritis, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis. This book will be an essential reference for family practitioners and residents in urology.
Contained within this short volume are some of the Key Clinical Trials relating to the medical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). In an attempt to understand the potential significance, a critique of the studies’ strengths and weaknesses is included as well as a diagrammatic summary of the trial design and key results. Most of the studies have appeared in peer group reviewed journals and each trial included has been done so on the basis of the influence it will have on the treatment of ED. With the recent launch and continuing developments of new drugs in this field, the management of ED has become an increasingly important aspect of urological practice. It is estimated that over 20 million men in Europe alone suffer at some time in their life from ED. This is the first book to bring together in a single volume a critical review of all the major trials in ED. It will be an essential reference for both clinicians and research workers in urology, sexual dysfunction and related disorders.
In 1985, as he prepared to release information that could have brought down the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, solicitor and senior Scottish Nationalist politician Willie McRae was found in a remote highland glen. He had been under surveillance by officers of the Special Branch who had followed him from Glasgow. He had been shot in the head. Suicide or state-sponsored murder? This fast-paced work of historical fiction explores a controversy which continues to dog the legacies of the Heath and Thatcher governments in the decades leading to the end of the last century.
The world's largest manufacturer of the two-stroke engine may seem like an unusual jumping-off point for poetry. But Peter Culley's second book about his hometown Nanaimo stems from his realization that there is not an hour of his waking existence when he cannot somewhere hear a leaf blower, a lawn mower or another piece of Briggs & Stratton-powered machinery. This book was written in a little over a year — a year which saw droughts in Tofino, floods on the Gulf Coast & Canadian boots on the ground in the never-ending "war on terror". Meanwhile, Hammertown — Culley's half-imagined version of the place where he lives — is being ripped apart by corporate boondoggles, accelerating development and the triumph of the service economy. In Culley's bitterly lyrical poems elements of this disappearing world appear as bad jokes, snatches of song and passages of reminiscence. Old records and half-remembered films are arrayed against impending collapse. Like small and noisy engines themselves, Culley's poems address the impossible contradictions of our unnamed era.
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